Thursday was a big day for James, and a worrisome one for Stacy and me. He didn’t just have one surgery; he had three at the same time. James went to the ENT on April 3rd to discuss replacing his ear tubes. During that appointment the ENT discovered that James’…
James has been having a rough couple of weeks since his “berry surgery” on February 3rd. He had a lot more secretions than normal and an elevated heart rate the day after surgery. Then his bowel movements weren’t as frequent as they normally are. This was followed by some breathing…
In addition to James’ many other medical issues, he also had a testicle that wasn’t fully descended into the scrotum. The medical term for this is cryptorchidism. The doctors had told us that this was not completely abnormal, and to wait and see if it comes down on its own.…
Stacy had reached out to a doctor in Michigan who does brain surgery to control seizures to see if he thought that James might benefit from surgery. He sent her a message this evening and unfortunately, James is not a candidate for any kind of surgery. We kind of had…
James had surgery today to have tubes put in his ears. If you don’t know what ear tubes are, they are small, okay tiny, hollow plastic cylinders that are surgically inserted into the eardrum. It essentially opens up the passageway in the middle ear and helps prevent the buildup of…
A couple of days ago I posted that James’ appointment to have ear tubes put in was canceled the day before the surgery. Their reasoning for cancelling the appointment was because they didn’t get all of the paperwork they needed. They had an entire month to get all of the…
Back in October when James when James was still in the NICU, the ENT noted that James has some fluid in his ears and that fluid might be part of the reason why he hasn’t passed any hearing tests. Unfortunately, James was too young back then for ear tubes to…